a-weekadv.

Brit.

/əˈwiːk/, U.S.

/əˈwik/

Forms:

α. Old English on ucan (rare), Old English on wica (Northumbrian), Old English on wican, Old English on wucan.

β. see a prep.¹ and week n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., week n.

Etymology: < on prep. + week n. The β. forms show phonological reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹). In later use reinterpreted as showing the definite article a (compare a adj. 4 and the note at the definition below). Compare aday adv.

Each week; per week; weekly.Modern uses of a week in this sense are understood as the syntactic collocation of a (a adj. 4) and week. Solid and hyphenated forms are taken to show continuing use of the original phrase, treated as a compound; the hyphenated forms remain fairly common into the early 20th century.

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the world > time > period > a week > [adjective] > specific number of times a week

seven dayseOE

a-weekOE

weekly1403

hebdomadally1816

tri-weekly1832

week-long1847

OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) iv. xiv. 54 Fæste an ger twegen dagas on wican on hlafe & on wætere & þa oðre dagas forgange flæsc.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 155 Of alle swuche þin-ges, schriue hire enes a wike [?c1225 Cleo. euche wike eanes] ette leste.

1392 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 210 To þ^e presonis of newgat, a serteyn by þe weke duryng on ȝere; & to þ^e powre Mesellis a serteyn A-weke duryng on ȝere.

a1525 (?1435) Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 184 (MED) If he haue a bed of his own þat he pay a penny a Weke for his chambur.

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes xxv. 153 I retyred to a Village some three miles off, from whence I went once a-week to your Hermitage.

1797 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 856/1 Above 20,000 indigent and distressed individuals, including men, women, and children, fed twice a-week, or more, from this charity.

1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) VI. 163 The poor, the men of nine shillings a-week or less.

1906 ‘H. Foulis’ Vital Spark vi. 38 I'm only the captain, thirty-five shullin's a-week and liberty to put on a pea-jecket.

2001 This is Lancashire (Nexis) 20 June It would probably mean the £15 or so a-week child benefit would have to be scrapped, but people would get over that in time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a-week
释义	a-weekadv. Brit. /əˈwiːk/, U.S. /əˈwik/ Forms: α. Old English on ucan (rare), Old English on wica (Northumbrian), Old English on wican, Old English on wucan. β. see a prep.¹ and week n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., week n. Etymology: < on prep. + week n. The β. forms show phonological reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹). In later use reinterpreted as showing the definite article a (compare a adj. 4 and the note at the definition below). Compare aday adv. Each week; per week; weekly.Modern uses of a week in this sense are understood as the syntactic collocation of a (a adj. 4) and week. Solid and hyphenated forms are taken to show continuing use of the original phrase, treated as a compound; the hyphenated forms remain fairly common into the early 20th century. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [adjective] > specific number of times a week seven dayseOE a-weekOE weekly1403 hebdomadally1816 tri-weekly1832 week-long1847 OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) iv. xiv. 54 Fæste an ger twegen dagas on wican on hlafe & on wætere & þa oðre dagas forgange flæsc. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 155 Of alle swuche þin-ges, schriue hire enes a wike [?c1225 Cleo. euche wike eanes] ette leste. 1392 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 210 To þ^e presonis of newgat, a serteyn by þe weke duryng on ȝere; & to þ^e powre Mesellis a serteyn A-weke duryng on ȝere. a1525 (?1435) Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 184 (MED) If he haue a bed of his own þat he pay a penny a Weke for his chambur. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes xxv. 153 I retyred to a Village some three miles off, from whence I went once a-week to your Hermitage. 1797 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 856/1 Above 20,000 indigent and distressed individuals, including men, women, and children, fed twice a-week, or more, from this charity. 1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) VI. 163 The poor, the men of nine shillings a-week or less. 1906 ‘H. Foulis’ Vital Spark vi. 38 I'm only the captain, thirty-five shullin's a-week and liberty to put on a pea-jecket. 2001 This is Lancashire (Nexis) 20 June It would probably mean the £15 or so a-week child benefit would have to be scrapped, but people would get over that in time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.OE
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